Knockdown shack.



I WITNESSES J. B. ROSENHEIM.

KNOGKDOWN SHACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1913. 1, 1 gq ggg I Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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KNOGKDOWN SHACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR J. B. ROSENHEIM.

KNOCKDOWN SHACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

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xnocxnown snack specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5.191s.

Application filed May 27, 1913. Serial No. 770,144.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it 'known that I, JAY BOULAND Rosen- HEIM, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Knockdown Shack, of which the following is a specification.

Thisdnvention relates to portable houses and macro particularly to knock-down shacks for consumptives use in camps or locations where the air is most advantageous .to the cure of those afliicted with tubereular trouble.

It has for an object to provide a house comprising a plurality of unit sections of knock-down construction, whereby the size of the house may be regulated 'as desired by the number of unit sections employed.

It has for a further-object to provide ahouse of portable or knock-down type with means for allowing free circulation of air therethrough from all sides and giving a maximum area for the admissionof air to the interior thereof, which area may be regulated and adjusted according to the desire or condition ofthe occupant.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafte fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustratlng my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is pre ferred by me, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise ar rangement and organization of these in strumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of the frame of a portable house or shack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation showing the panel construction for the unitsforming the sides. Fig. 3 repsents a front elevation of. the door unit for the house and an end panel. Fig. 4 represents a vertical transverse section ,of the house. Fig. 5 represents a detail of construction. Fig. 6 represents a section on line w a2 of Fig.2. Fig. 7 represents a plan of a portion of the construction showing the manner of securing the cross pieces to the outside sill. Fig. 8 represents a section on line .y-y of Fig. 2. Fig. 9: represents .a detail showing the securing means for removably securing certain of the parts together. Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively end and'side views. tail front view of one of the supports for the intermediate stringers or sills.-

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottom side sill of .a knock-down or Fig. 12 represents a deportable frameworkof which \2 designates the end sills and;3 the crosspieces orbraces between the aforesaid side sills 1. .Inthe present instance, the side sills 1 are provided with a plurality of angle members, arranged one at eachv end of-eaoh sill'and the remaining .anglesbeing spaced apart in pairs at suitable intervals to receive the cross pieces orbraces 3. The .end angles .4

are apertured to. receive aibolt -5, which is adapted-to pass through the end sill'2 and receive on theend thereof a thumb-nut 6,

whereby the parts are fixedly and remov-' ably secured together. The side angles a are removably carried on the sills 1 by means of boltsi7 and thumb-nuts 8 and each pair thereof receives a cross piece 3 therebetween and holds the same by a similar bolt 7 and thumb-nutS, it being evident that by this constructionqany of the cross pieces may be removed from the side sill or the side sills correspondingly detached from the end sills 2, so that the entire base portion of my novel structure may be readilytaken apart or put together. It will further be noted that the end and side sills aresuitably mortised together, as shown in Fig. 4, and the same construction is used to reinforce the joint between the sills 1 and.the cross pieces or braces 3.

9 designates the corner posts or uprights for the frame which are suitably mortised to the bottom sills and each of which is rabbeted on two adjacent sides to form recesses 10 adapted'to receive the side walls which will presently be described.

11 designates suitable posts formingintermediateuprights between the end posts and which, in the present instance are rabbeted on two opposite sides as shown at 12, whereby each of said posts 11 is substantially T-shaped in cross section forniing'a sills 13, as will be readily understood. Attention is here directed to the fact that 1n the preferred embodiment of my invention the top sills 13 are removably secured to the uprights 11 by hooks 14 and screw eyes 15 or similar devices for performing the same function.

16 designates a centrally disposed brace mortised at its ends'to the end roof sills 13 and serving as an intermediate sup ort for the tongue and groove roof boards 1 ,which latter in the present instance, are of the same length as the width of the completed structure and rest upon the sills 13 and 16, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to maintain the said roof boards 17 in position and protect the same as well as the interior of the structure from rain and dampness, a cover or roof of suitable material, such as waterproofed canvas or the like 18, is placed upon the boards 17 and is of SIIlIlOIGIIt size to overlap at all sides so that 1t may be secured by buttons 19 passing through su table openings 20 in said canvas 18. It will further be noted that it is preferable to give the roof a suitable pitch so that it will properly drain and prevent the collection of water on the top thereof.

21 designates an angle fixed to each of the corner posts 9, at a point substantially central of the longitudinal length thereof, by means of screws 22 which project laterally a suitable distance from the face of the angle 21, in order to form a bracket or sup port for certain adjuncts carziedbv the intermediate sill.

I 24 designates a plate fixed to the middle u right 11 at substantially the middle there- 0? by means of screws 25 or like fastening devices, it being noted that washers 26 are interposed between the said plate and the upright 11 in order to space the said plate a suitable distance from the upright for a ported by the hangers 28, which seat u on their respective supports 22 and 24, an it will of course be understood that there are as many intermediate sills provided as there are spaces between the uprights. It will further be noted that the intermediate sills 23 are each rovided with a water table 30 to properly rain the window openings thus formed.

31 designates a window sash adapted to fit in the opening formed by the top and intermediate sills and the uprights and which sash,in thepresent instance, is hin ed to the structure as shown at 32. By re erence to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the entire upper portion of the frame is provided with windows 33, with the exception of the front door 34 is hung sembled in a comparatively short space of time.

Attention is directed to the *fact that the entire device is made up of unit sections so that it is a simple matter to vary the size of the house or shack'by omitting a unit or units or by adding on the desired number of units to ive an enlarged size.

In assem ling the structure the bottom sills are suitably placed and bolted together, including of course the cross braces 3 at the bottom. The uprights 9 and 11 are'next placed in position and have the top sills 13 fitted thereto by the mortising and are fastened by the hook and eye construction. The intermediate sills 27 may now be hung by seating the hook hangers 28 on the plates 24 and projections 22 after which the window sashes are hinged in place and the panels properly fixed in their respective openings.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a complete'unitary structure particularly adapted for the purpose intended, simple in construction and inexpensive to construct and which further may be assembled or taken apart in a minimum of time.

' It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of a knock-down shack which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the resent instance shown and described a preerred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a knock-down house, a vertical ost, horizontal stringers having their ends a apted to bear against opposite sides of such post, a plate secured upon and spaced from the face of the post and having its ends proecting beyond the sides ofthe same, and

brackets secured to the ends of the stringers of the panel, bolts passing through the 10 and formed with open hooks adapted to en- Wings of said angle-irons and through the gage the projecting ends of the plate. panel and frame, and thumb-nuts upon said 2. In a knock-down house, vertical posts bolts. having rabbets in their facing sides, a vertical panel having side-edges in said 'rabbets, angle-irons secured to the facing sides of Witnesses: said posts, a frame having its sides bearing G. D. McVAY, against the faces of said panel at the edges M. E. BYRNE.

JAY B. ROSENHEIM. 

